Mel Robbins argues confidence is learnable: the willingness to try. Everyone starts at zero, whether learning guitar, building an audience, or public speaking. Action, not talent, is what separates people who succeed from those who don't.
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The skill of confidence is trying. And everybody starts at zero. Everyone. Whether you're trying to learn guitar or you're building a social media following, or you want to get into the YouTube space, everybody starts at zero. That's how I started. Zero speeches given, zero television experience, zero social media following, zero competency in front of a camera or on a microphone. The tech is intimidating. There are 5 million podcasts on Spotify alone. I don't know how to do that. I haven't done this before. But here's the difference. I'm willing to try. I lean on this skill of confidence that I've built because I have the definition that's grounded in research, and so do you. You're not going to feel confident. You're going to act in accordance with the research of confidence. You, my friend, are willing to try. That's the secret.